Who we are
We are a group of Arizona citizens who watched the property assessment system let speculators drive up property valuations year after year, causing unexpected and unaffordable tax increases on property owners. Most taxing districts, rather than adjusting their tax rate to keep their revenue and your tax bill level, maintained their tax rate and pocketed the windfall revenues. We decided to do something about it.
Our objective
Since property taxes are directly proportional to property valuations, it is important that we reform the current arbitrary valuation system. Our group set out to find a workable system which could fairly set property valuations so that taxpayers can budget for their taxes. The system had to have the following characteristics:
1. Historically proven to be viable and constitutional
2. Sets the initial property valuation on actual market history
3. Limits yearly increases in property valuation
4. Eliminates exceptions to these limitations
California's Proposition 13 has those characteristics. The Proposition 13 Amendment to the California State Constitution was passed in California in 1978, and survived challenges in court all the way to the US Supreme Court, where it was declared constitutional in 1992. Because of its legal simplicity and historic strength we fashioned Prop 13 Arizona after it, so as to retain the legal strength it holds in case law.
Your help is needed
Prop 13 Arizona will reset your property valuation to a fair value based only on the history of your own home, and it will limit your tax increases to 2% per year.
Passage of Prop 13 Arizona will lead to significant tax savings for many years to come, will allow you to budget for your future property tax obligations, and will give you peace of mind that you won't be taxed out of your home.
You can contribute toward the success of Prop 13 Arizona by volunteering your time or your monetary gift.
